There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

We lament the speed of our society and the lack of depth and the nature of disposable information.

If theres an injury, for a couple games, you can have guys step in. But for a long period of time, it always catches up with you.

I always say nothing you can imagine is totally impossible. It might be unlikely, but that's as far as I'll go.

Men can do nothing without the make-believe of a beginning.

If a religion is unpatriotic, it ain't right.

Only when you have completed a novel, or a story, can you return to the beginning and revise or rewrite.

The love of fame puts spurs to the mind

Dumb animals we call them, while they bark and neigh and moo. They talk as much as we do - to them we seem dumb too.

I managed a team that was so bad we considered a 2-0 count on the batter a rally.

Fundamentally, I think of myself as a storyteller, not a writer.